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The life of 55 year old, Umi, was changed forever, when her entire neighbourhood was flattened by a mudflow caused by a masive earthquake that struck the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia on 28th September, 2018.

One year ago, a massive earthquake hit Nepal, leaving almost one third of the country’s population in need of humanitarian assistance. Thiramaya Garti Chetri is 103 years old and lives in Sindhupalchowk, a district 100km from Kathmandu. On the day of the earthquake she was lying down alone in front her house on a mat and her daughter was working in the field.

When the second earthquake struck Nepal just last week, things changed dramatically. There was this sense that “this wasn’t going to happen again,” and it did. At a time when there was already so much recovery to be done, the second quake only heightened people’s anxieties and sense of fear. Thankfully, Caritas has been able to continue delivering emergency assistance to communities hard hit, providing thousands of people with the support they vitally need throughout these difficult times.

On 12 January 2010, an earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince. Thousands of people died and many buildings collapsed. In March 2013, Melville Fernandez, Group Leader of Caritas Australia’s Humanitarian Emergencies Group, caught up with Denis, a local man who now has a new house to call home.

Caritas Australia is the international aid and development organisation of the Catholic Church in Australia. We are a member of the Fundraising Institute of Australia, the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) and the Church Agencies Network. We are endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office as a Deductible Gift Recipient (ABN 90 970 605 069) with charity status. Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible.